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Big difference between Yam TT250R and WR250R?
Looking at buying a bike in Australia (to go around Aus at a slowish pace) and both TT250R have been mentioned quite a lot on here, plus the WR250R

In Aus, brand new WR250R is AUD$10,000ish - around £4.5k (GBP)

but a TT250R is AUD$6,500ish - around £2.9k (GBP)

Having read as much as i can find on internet, plus on Yamaha website it does not seem to me to be clear the major difference is between the two bikes, bar the price. Why would someone buy WR250R when spec of TT250R seems so similar?

Can anyone shed any light on the major differences that would justify the extra money and buying a WR250R?

Thanks, Michael.
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The TT250R is an air-cooled 4-valve, which has been in production as various similar models (TT250R, TT250 Raid, TTR250) since the late 1980s early 1990s.
Rather low tech compared to the WR250R, which is cosmeticaly similar to the WR250F, though it uses a different frame, suspension and engine.
Any bike which has been in production for as long as the TT250 will be cheaper to buy as the development cost will have been paid for years ago and being so low tech means it costs less to produce anyway. Also having been available so long will make spares and accesorys far more obtainable than a new bike.
Being so new on the market and with hi-tech electrics, USD forks and ally frame behind all those expensive looking plastic panels, the WR250R is going to cost far more. But for that money you also get a far more powerfull liquid cooled engine, decent working suspension, long sevice intervals and it looks like a racer.
So it's hi-tech or low-tech. Liquid cooled or air cooled. Racer looks or trail bike. Basicaly they are the same design idea (250cc four stroke trail bike) but seperated by nearly twenty years of development.
Just one final point, you can get 22 litre tanks to fit the TT250, usefull for longer trips.
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Hi Michael,

Maybe worth taking a look here :-

TTR250 : TTR250

lots of info. and comment.

Best wishes - Alec
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Very nice bike, check it out!

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the WR250 uses 17" wheels front and rear. The TT250 used 21" front ... I believe .... unless I'm mixing it up with another model like the XT?
Two points look closely at the WR250R frame i know it looks like a Aluminium perimeter frame but actually it's a steel frame.
The WR250R uses 18/21 inch wheels the WR250X uses the 17 inch wheels as the SM version.
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Thanks for very good responses.
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